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Letters from Shadow Oaks K.L. Small

July 15, 2025 cheryl

When Nina, a former art teacher, gives up her apartment to move into an assisted living facility, she struggles with…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: book launch, book release, women's fiction

An Unfortunate Situation Caroline Blake

June 30, 2025 cheryl

An Unfortunate Situation is historical fiction set not long before WW1 when things were different in the UK and the…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: historical fiction, romance, women's fiction

Sell by date

June 27, 2025 cheryl 2 Comments

Sell by date comes courtesy of a Dean Writers Circle writing workshop. The other pieces I wrote on the day…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, romance, short stories, women's fiction, writing, writing prompts

In the rose garden

June 4, 2025 cheryl 2 Comments

I saw you in the rose garden. Last summer, when the roses were at their peak – luscious reds, whites,…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, romance, short stories, women's fiction, writing prompts

Why are you so nice to me?

May 30, 2025 cheryl 2 Comments

Why are you so nice to me is a prompt from a writing workshop. It drove her mad.‘Can I help…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, short stories, women's fiction, writing prompts

The artist glared at his canvas

May 28, 2025 cheryl 2 Comments

Vincent slipped into his studio with the stealth of a cat. Early light seeped through the thin curtain covering the…

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Wilderness

May 11, 2025 cheryl 1 Comment

Wilderness was the theme for Dean Writers Circle’s internal monthly writing competition for April. Here’s my 150 word submission. (You…

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The Scream Edvard Munch

May 7, 2025 cheryl 2 Comments

The Scream Edvard Munch was a picture prompt from a Dean Writers Circle ‘Creativity and Cake’ evening, stolen as usual…

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In the summer time

May 4, 2025 cheryl

‘In the summer time, when the weather is fine’ is the first line of an old upbeat song, and was…

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A Game of Wings and Marks

May 1, 2025 cheryl

A Game of Wings and Marks by Rebecca Crunden appealed to the magical realism fan in me, although this is…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: angels and demons, book review, Fantasy, novels, paranormal romance, romance

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